My 45 year old husband still unashamedly loves the goo goo dolls. I am 10 years younger than him and had never heard come of them before before. 100% Alanis for me

Ok my internet isn’t working properly but Oh god is this the video where there is suddenly an entire giant yellow snake in the room? Stuff of nightmares!

The winner’a name was Candice, not Caroline

Finally realised what that permanent expression on his face (in the picture at the top) reminds me of: my 12 week old daughter when she is about to scream her head off. Just the pouty expression you understand: otherwise they are as different as two humans could be (cute as button/orange horror)

Raphaels, Shakespeare first folios... our stately homes have all the best stuff lying around

There is something of Shakespearian tragedy about the way greed overcame loyalty in the bidding process, only for it to become clear that Channel 4 had bought the concept but ended up with none of the important elements. If I weren’t the sleep-deprived new mother of an 8-week-old I would be able to articulate it…

Please forgive a clueless Brit, but can a person accidentally shade themselves? A friend of ours came round to see our new baby but instead of the quick-cup-of-coffee-and-leave that I understood was polite when you visit new parents she insisted on bringing her 2 kids for dinner with us despite being explicitly told…

Admittedly I do have the extra burden of disability to deal with, but since becoming a mother 5 weeks ago I could not have coped without the village of people around me: husband, parents, sister and sisters in law. Even with that, I considered harming myself. And this woman with a career to maintain is a bad mum for…

I had my baby three weeks ago and labour took 4 hours start to finish - I would swap that any day for a long labour because it was way more intense and traumatic. All those descriptions of breathing through contractions that feel like period pain do not apply - it was like I was being torn in two. For that and other…

If you include feeding in the subjects duties you have it about right. We are trying not to give in to that too much though lest he decide to move in full time!! Thanks for the congrats x

Here is our neighbour’s cat chilling with me in our garden the other day. Our kitty passed away last year but we can’t get a new one as I am due to have a baby literally any day now. Timmy has semi-adopted us in sympathy and I am ok with it.

A smaller but still amazing version of this exhibition was at Holyrood Palace (Queen’s digs in Edinburgh) until recently, I went and can certify that all the clothes are even more stunning up close. The artistry, tailoring and craftswomanship (you know women did all the insane embroidery) are absolutely to die for.…

Husband and I met at a sound destroying weekend conference where we didn't see sunlight for three days. He skimmed over that in the wedding speech.

Dammit, what are these from? Must watch immediately!

Why do I get the feeling the alligator is much more intelligent than they guy filming it?

Nigel Farage does not speak for me, especially when he calls this a victory for “ordinary, decent people”. He wouldnt know an ordinary decent person if one walked up and slapped him in the face. He also said on BBC before the Leave result was confirmed that if he did win then the victory would have been fought…

You guys leave Amelie alone! It is my favourite comfort movie.

Oh good grief. Thank god I grew up in Scotland. They don't mess around here, you get your vaccines in school.

I cannot believe someone has actually died potentially because of this racist, small-minded Brexit campaign. I cannot believe the heartbreak of this week in the news. I am 33 weeks pregnant and all I can do is hug my Baby inside me and tell the racists, homophobes and gun-nuts of the world to stay the hell away from…

I would normally claim single-handed responsibility for this. But I'm 7 months pregnant so no prosecco for me.